20120516 India Seven injured in Howrah factory blaze
India May 15 2012 “Factories”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 1 to 9
Seven injured in Howrah factory blaze
Updated: 2012-05-17-04:32
HOWRAH: Seven workers, including six women, were seriously injured in a fire at a zipper factory in Dhulagarh’s Howrah Industrial Park. at Dhulagarh on Wednesday afternoon.
Three of the victims have suffered more than 50% burns, the police said.
Around 2.40pm on Wednesday, a group of workers were working engaged in the courtyard when they sensed gas leaking from a cylinder. The cylinder was piled in the gas bank within the courtyard.
The area, also housing a gas bank, being stocked with plastic and other inflammable articles, smoke engulfed the workers within seconds. which has a gas bank. A pile of plastic and other inflammable articles was kept close by. They suddenly heard a hiss as gas started leaking from a cylinder. Before long, there was a spark and a ball of fire engulfed the workers.
Locals on hearing the workers scream, rushed to their rescue. heard their screams and rescued the workers.
Four fire tenders were called to douse the flames. Three women who received serious injuries were identified as Supriya Ghoshal, Ranjana Majhi and Shibani Mondal.
They have been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata along with the other injured.
“We have lodged a case under non-bailable sections against the owner of the factory at the Sankrail police station,” said Bibhas Guha, deputy director, West Bengal Fire Services.
The Times of India